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(CIVIL WAR.) MALLORY, STEPHEN R. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of the Navy J. C. Dobbin, requesting that Philip Fontaine of Key West Florida receive a commission to the Marine Corps, "He is a native Floridian and is every way qualified for the appointment." 1 page, single 4to sheet. Washington, 28 February 1857

(CIVIL WAR.) MALLORY, STEPHEN R. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of the Navy J. C. Dobbin, requesting that Philip Fontaine of Key West Florida receive a commission to the Marine Corps, "He is a native Floridian and is every way qualified for the appointment." 1 page, single 4to sheet. Washington, 28 February 1857

  • Notes: Mallory (1813-73) served as Senator from Florida from 1851-61, appointed by Jefferson Davis as Secretary of the Confederate Navy in 1861, largely responsible for building the Confederate ironclads.

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